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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disability in young people and adults after head injury: 12-14 year follow up of a prospective cohort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: There is a need to establish how long term outcome evolves after head injury (HI) and factors related to this, to inform opportunities for intervention.
Teasdale, G., Stewart, E., McMillan, T.
core   +1 more source

Prediction of early mortality after primary decompressive craniectomy in patients with severe traumatic brain injury

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021
Objectives Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a worldwide major health problem associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Intracranial hypertension following TBI is the main but not the only cause of early mortality.
Safwat Abouhashem   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Early Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury on the Transition to School [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of pervasive and long lasting disability and injury. The outcomes of TBI in young children can be particularly detrimental, due to the impact on both current functioning and the ability to acquire new skills.
Hannah, Jessica Shirley
core  

Neurological consequences of traumatic brain injuries in sports. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common in boxing and other contact sports. The long term irreversible and progressive aftermath of TBI in boxers depicted as punch drunk syndrome was described almost a century ago and is now widely referred as chronic ...
Zetterberg, H   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A cognitive profile of South African children with traumatic brain injury [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-105).Research conducted on pediatric populations have shown that an event such as a traumatic brain injury (TBI) experienced in childhood can lead to persistent neuropsychological deficits months, even years
Malgas, Nancy
core   +1 more source

Callus formation in bone fractures combined with brain injury in rat

open access: yesFormosan Journal of Surgery, 2017
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the speed of bony union and the serum levels of biomarkers in the setting of bone fractures combined with brain injury.
Yu-Ping Chen, Hsin-Chin Shih
doaj   +1 more source

Early hospital care of severe traumatic brain injury [PDF]

open access: yesAnaesthesia, 2011
Summary Head injury is one of the major causes of trauma‐related morbidity and mortality in all age groups in the United Kingdom, and anaesthetists encounter this problem in many areas of their work. Despite a better understanding of the pathophysiological processes following traumatic brain injury and a wealth of research, there is ...
R T, Protheroe, C L, Gwinnutt
openaire   +2 more sources

Identifying Patterns of Hospitalizations Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Population‐Based Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) experience more hospitalizations than the general population. We aimed to identify distinct hospitalization patterns among Queensland CCSs and the associated characteristics. Methods Cases (aged ≤14 years) diagnosed between 1995 and 2019 while residents of Queensland were identified through the ...
Hai Pham   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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